Jean-Pierre Talbot

Actor, Film actor

1943 –

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Who is Jean-Pierre Talbot?

Jean-Pierre Talbot is a former Belgian actor.

A teacher by profession, Talbot was first noted for his physical resemblance to that of Tintin while a sports instructor on a beach in Ostend. He was introduced to Hergé who sympathized with him immediately. Talbot played the comic character Tintin in the two Tintin live action films, Tintin and the Golden Fleece and Tintin and the Blue Oranges. In 1967, a third movie was scheduled but then cancelled.

Talbot did not have other movie roles and pursued a career in teaching. He was director of the King Baudouin Free School before retiring. He currently resides in Spa, Belgium. Jean-Pierre Talbot is also passionate about tennis, skiing and canicross. He is married with one daughter and 3 grandchildren.

In 2007 he appeared in a RTBF documentary, Quelque chose en nous... de Tintin, marking Hergé's centenary. His autobiography, J'étais Tintin au cinéma has received the Press Prize at the Prix Saint-Michel 2008 in Brussels.

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Born
Aug 12, 1943
Spa
Nationality
  • Belgium
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on July 23, 2013

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